
Episode #76
The Language Before Words: Silence, Sound, and the Sacred in World Contemplative Traditions
From the Great Silence of Benedictine monasteries to the pregnant pause between a Zen master's question and its answer, from the Quaker meeting house to the vast desert stillness that shaped the earliest Christian mystics — silence has never simply been the absence of sound. In this episode, we explore why so many traditions treat silence not as emptiness, but as a living presence: a ground from which the deepest knowing emerges. We'll also visit the paradox at the heart of this search — how sacred sound, from Tibetan singing bowls to the Islamic call to prayer to Hindu mantra, points toward the same wordless place that silence does. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

